From A to Izzard Kin Words by Lady Named Lubbock
A Texas author Mary Laswell Lubbock of Austin discusses Amarillo in a regional piece. She notes rivalry between Lubbock and Amarillo, praises Amarillo’s development, and highlights local wealth from helium, agriculture, and industry including zinc and Kaiser Wilhelm’s granddaughter.
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NEA member questions federal aid stance at Lubbock panel
In Lubbock yesterday a prominent NEA member questioned the associations speaking for all teachers on federal aid. A local teacher and others also voiced views on Murray-Metcalf school aid, stressing individual voting input and committee testimony.
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Women's Clubs
Ruth Stout
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Dallas publisher named Sigma Delta Chi president
GALVESTON AP George Haddaway publisher of Flight Magazine in Dallas is the new president of Sigma Delta Chi the professional journalism fraternity. Haddaway was elected at the closing session of the state convention yesterday. The fraternity named Dallas as 1960 convention
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George Haddaway
Flight Magazine
Dallas
Sigma Delta Chi
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Beefs Pledged for Boys Ranch Day in Amarillo Auction
J Murl McCasland urges firms and individuals to donate 100 beeves yearly to Boys Ranch. So far 75 head are promised and more are expected May 11 at the Beef for Boys Ranch Day held at Amarillo Livestock Auction.
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McCasland
Boys Ranch
Amarillo
42 Pledge Beef To Boys Ranch
Seventy two entities have pledged to donate one beef annually to the Boys Ranch. J Murl McCasland of Amarillo proposed 100 beeves a year to save the ranch from substantial losses, naming donors as members of a Beef Club and promising BR branding irons after donation.
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J. Murl McCasland
Amarillo
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Old Central Junior High
Scholarly Problems of a State School Highlighted
Santa Fe report by Will Harrison for The Daily News notes the loss of regents after firings. The piece on page 3 details governance turmoil and impact on the state university’s scholarly programs amid leadership shake up.
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Santa Fe
Will Harrison
Daily News
New Mexico
Gonzalez filibuster delays Texas primary bill vote
Sen Henry Gonzalez led a four hour and 25 minute filibuster in Austin delaying a measure advancing Texas primary elections for five weeks. The bill, seen as aiding Lyndon Johnson’s presidential campaign, passed on a voice vote with five senators voting no and now goes to the governor.
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Fort Worth
Robert Baker
Houston
Floyd Bradshaw
Weatherford
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
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San Antonio
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Bank official death ties to $3.7 million embezzlement
U S attorney says a Long Beach bank official killed himself after admitting embezzling 3.714 million dollars with funds traced to a San Rafael manufacturer. Investigators report 1.766 million in unauthorized checks to John R. Hendrickson or his firms. Hendrickson faced conspiracy to embezzle as bail was set and later reduced from 100000 to 50000.
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New Commission Faces Island Traffic Medians Fuss
Amarillo City Commission debates concrete medians at 15th and Washington after a protest by island residents led by Herbert C. Martin. Engineers outline plans. critics push for painted lines or signals as alternatives before any construction proceeds.
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Herbert C. Martin
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Martin
John DeShazo
Commission
Panhandle wheat crop forecast tops ten year average
At the Panhandle Grain and Feed Dealers Association convention in Hereford the 1959 wheat yield was projected at 41 million bushels, about six million above the 1947-57 average. As of April 1, planted acres were 4.287 million with an estimated yield of 47 million by the USDA, depending on abatements and rainfall. Principal speakers noted CCC's nine billion dollars invested in farm products and the ratio of revenue to outlay, while new officers and directors were elected.
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Golden Spread
Panhandle Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Ochiltree
Hansford County
Moore
Panhandle
White Deer
South Plains
Dines
Quanah and
Vernon
Dean
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
U. S. Treasury
Board Fires 44 At Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas on May 5 segregationist school board members voted to dismiss 44 teachers and administrators including Central High School’s principal and two vice principals. Three members quit the meeting arguing illegal quorum flaws as they sought to keep personnel in place amid court-driven integration.
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Little Rock
Little Rock, Ark
Central High School
Ted Lamb
Everett Tucker Jr
Russell Matson
Lamb
Ed T. McKinley
Ben Rowland
Robert Laster
J. W. Matthews
J. O. Powell
TV Schedule Fragment for KGNC Colorcast
Local listing shows KGNC TV with a colorcast followed by schedule items including Truth or Consequences at 1 30 p m Price Is Right at 3 00 p m Milton Berle Show at 7 30 p m and a lingering unnamed slot. The fragment also mentions a :00 p m slot that lacks a program title.
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Haggis Baggis
Milton Berle
Wreck Kills Amarillo Man
A head on collision on Highway 287 east of Amarillo killed D. Chester Martin 50 a Gil vin-Terrill Construction foreman. Two West Point Ga workers Walter Moss 21 and James Harper 19 were injured and taken to Northwest Texas Hospital in good condition. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m today at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with minister Jack Cox officiating.
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Lancaster Transfer Co
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Shaw Memorial Chapel
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Washington Avenue Christian Church
L. M. Reeves
Texas and American League Baseball Scores Report
San Antonio seven Amarillo seven and Corpus Christi one Victoria at Tulsa with rain. Cleveland nine Baltimore one Detroit eight Boston three New York three Kansas City two ten innings Washington eight Chicago three. Cincinnati five San Francisco two Chicago six Pittsburgh three Philadelphia eight St Louis seven Milwaukee three Los Angeles two sixteen innings.
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Alcatraz Interior Repainted in Pastel Colors
A reader from Wellington critiques recent interior pastel decor at the Alcatraz facility, claiming homelike renovations may reduce prison trade by offering inmates rooms they cannot be dispossessed of. The letter cites a broader trend in penal institutions seeking comfort.
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D. E. Scott Wellington
Cabot Seen For Brazil Envoy Post
John M. Cabot a veteran career foreign service officer is expected to be named ambassador to Brazil. He currently serves as ambassador to Colombia and has held posts across Latin and South America since 1926. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been notified that Eisenhower will submit Cabot's name for confirmation soon.
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Clare Booth Luce
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Weather Record Near Amarillo Shows 100 Days Of Sunshine
The 1959 report notes Amarillo has had sun on 100 of 125 days with readings at 3 pm on Tuesday. Wind speed and visibility vary, with cloudy conditions across Palisade and Oklahoma City areas.
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Amarillo
Ptly Clady Fiouelon
Okla
City
Amarillo voters weigh $6.1 million school bond for eight new schools
Amarillo voters head to the polls Saturday to decide a $6,105,000 bond issue to fund eight new elementary schools a 40 room junior senior high school and additions to three existing schools. The plan aims to relieve overcrowding as enrollment rises with 1 500 new pupils yearly and a 3 000 birth rate.
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Amarillo
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